September 23, 2025 archive

Southwest Oklahoma rainfall—enough to erase drought?

  Southwest Oklahoma finally got some rain over the weekend. But as Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet explained….the question is whether it was enough to “erase their burgeoning (English to Okie translation: “growing”) drought woes, but it will sure stop them from intensifying for awhile.”

Construction underway on first LNG plant approved by Trump administration

    Louisiana already has four liquefied natural gas operations, the most of any state in the country. It’s about to grow to five plants after this week’s groundbreaking for Woodside Energy’s $17.5 billion production and export facility, best known as “Louisiana LNG.” It represents the largest foreign direct investment in state history. The plant …

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Energy briefs (Thursday)

** Connecticut’s top utility regulator announces her resignation after months of dealing with accusations from Republican legislators and utilities that she was too controlling and responsible for rising power prices in the state. ** North Dakota’s attorney general considers legal options the state might have against South Dakota for banning the use of eminent domain …

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